HLA DRB1* and DQB1* allelic diversity among nadars: A primitive South Indian Dravidian caste group

Human Immunology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 847-854

  Shankarkumar, Umapathy ^a   Sridharan, Balakrisnan ^b  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Government Rajaji Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Diversity; DQB1; HLA DRB1; Nadar caste; polymorphism; South India

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA-DRB1 ANTIGEN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; INDIA; INDIAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CAUCASIAN; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ETHNOLOGY; GENETICS; HOMOZYGOTE; SOCIAL CLASS;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INDIA; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 4444292732     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2004.05.011     Document Type: Article

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